2,000 Democrats-WV Jefferson-Jackson Dinner

A record crowd of over 2,000 Democrats gathered in Charleston, WV Saturday night, September 23rd, for the 2006 Jefferson Jackson Dinner. DMW was there to campaign for Gov. Mark Warner. We were also there last year when Gov. Warner was the keynote speaker. This year the speaker was U.S. Senator Barack Obama.

The Convention Center was filling up by 4:30 pm. From the moment we set up in a prime location in the lobby, Warner suporters swarmed the table.

Dama Nestor, WV State Director, was on hand. Paul Jacoby who worked the College Dems National Convention in St. Lewis, MO earlier this year was also there to lend a hand.

Senator Byrd was wound up like a top. Senator Obama roused the crowd by drawing dinstinctions between the GOP approach and the Democratic approach to governing. He noted that Republicans talk a lot about reducing government which in essence means...."you're on your own." Democrats on the other hand, believe we are all our brother's keeper and those of us who are more fortunate, have an obligation to help those who have no health care or whose parents may not have had the money to send them to college. He also touched on the fact that it's pretty easy to send someone else's kids off to war and an entirely different story if that kid is your own. There is no doubt Barack Obama has a bright future in American politics.

As the crowd dispersed, we handed hundreds of fliers out to a very receptive crowd. Many of them were smiling and affirming Mark Warner as their favorite candidate for 2008!

DMW was the only 2008 presidential candidate group with an organized presence at the WV JJ Dinner.